Abstract:The construction of molecular photogears that can achieve through-space transmission of the unidirectional double-bond rotary motion of light-driven molecular motors onto a single-bond axis is a formidable challenge in the field of artificial molecular machines. Here, we present a new design of such photogears that is based on the possibility to use stereogenic substituents to control both the relative stabilities of the two helical forms of the photogear and the double-bond photoisomerization that connects th… Show more
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